Breeding a black nightshade with large fruits
Hey everyone,
I'd like to share with you an update of a project that I've been working on for a while - breeding a black nightshade with large fruits.
I've been growing edible Solanum nigrum that I found in the wild near my home and I do like the taste a lot, it's quite refreshing.
But, in my opinion, it has two problems that prevent it from being cultivated as a fruit plant: the fruit is quite small and easily breaks inbetween your fingers when harvested.
So I decided to domesticate it by crossing it with the garden huckleberry (Solanum scabrum) and then selecting for the best plants out of the bunch.
Solanum scabrum has exactly what I want from a black nightshade except the taste - it's largely tasteless, if not bitter, when raw (though not poisonous).
I decided to create a blog site where I'll document my progress on not only this project but other Solanaceae breeding experiments as well.
https://blog.solyx-labs.com/posts/5-breeding-a-black-nightshade-with-large-fruits-part-2
I would love to hear what do you think about this.
Thanks!
Jan